William Few
William Few, Sr., was born 1714, a resident of Maryland, and died July 1794 in Columbia County, Georgia.
At the time of his death he was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War. He received bounty grants
in Richmond County, Georgia in 1769 and 1784. Issue:
- Colonel Benjamin Few of the Revolutionary War.
- William Few, Jr. born June 8, 1748, died June 16, 1828, died in Fiskhill, New York, represented Georgia in the Continental Congress.
- Ignatius Few was a Major in th Revolutionary War. He married Mary
Candler, the daughter of William Candler. Just before his death, he was separated from his wife. He died July 1810 in Columbia County, Georgia.
On November 6, 1788, Ignatius Few reeived a headright grant in Richmond County, Georgia; also in 1774 and 1790. On December 4, 1789, William Few, Sr. deeded to Ignatius Few, his son, land in Richmond County. According to deed records, Ignatius Few resided in Jackson County, Georgia at the war.
A son of Ignatius Few, Ignatius Alphonso Few, born April 11, 1789 in Columbia County, Georgia fought in the War of 1812, and was the first President of Emory College, and died November 28, 1845 in Athens, Georgia.
From the Rural Cabinet, 9 Aug 1828. " Died at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Clarystie in Fishkill, New York, onn the 16th instant, Colonel William Few (Jr.)of New York in his 81st year. He was born in Maryland in 1748 and moved to Georgia before the Revolution. In 1776 he was a delegate to the State's First Constitutional Convention, then served as a legislator and member of the Executive Countil. Served in the campaigns against the Indians on the western rontier during the war, and was promoted to Lieut. Colonel Delegate to the Continental Congress 1780-1783, and to the Constitutional Convention in 1788-1789 which adopted the U. S. Constitution. He was a U. S. Senator from Georgia 1789-1793. Having married in New York City, he moved there and spent his last thirty years there. there he is a member of the New York Legislature, and was appointed by President Jefferson as a Commissioner of Loans serving until the office was abolished. For the last ten years of his life he was a State Inspector of Prisons."
Sources: The Austin Collection, Vol. 1, pp. 105-107; The Few Family Fights for Freedom by Jeannette Holland Austin published on medium.com
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" William Few, a resident of Maryland, came to Columbia County, Georgia after the war, where he received bounty land grants in 1769 and 1781.
While still in Maryland, William Few and a brother associated themselves with the "Regulators," a group of frontiersmen who opposed the royal governor. As a result, the brother was hanged and the Few family farm was destroyed. Once again William Few was forced to move, this time to Georgia where he was elected to the Georgia Provincial Congress of 1776. Few joined the local Richmond County Regiment, which his older brother, Benjamin Few, commanded. During the American Revolution, Few fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail, served in the state legislative sessions, and took part in Georgia's 1777 constitutional convention. In 1780 he was elected to Continental Congress. " Source: Hero Imprints by Jeannette Holland Austin.